Early Headlines: Asia Stocks, Dollar, Oil And Yields All Down, Gold Up, Mass Killings, Eurozone Slowdown, Plus 17 More Articles

Early Bird Headlines 05 August 2019

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Hong Kong shares drop close to 3% amid disruptions due to a general strike, lead Asian stocks lower (CNBC) Asian markets also traded lower amid wider concerns over the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington. The U.S. dollar index was lower at 97.903 after seeing levels above 98.7 last week. Brent crude futures contract fell 1.52% to $60.95 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also fell 1.56% to $54.79 per barrel. Spot gold was up 0.8% at $1,451.37 per ounce as of 0405 GMT, after hitting its highest since May 2013 at $1,455.26. At around 03:40 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 1.7667%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.3102%. Yields were near 3-year lows.

U.S.

Ohio gunman taken down within 30 seconds of first shots -police (Reuters) In the 30 seconds before police took him down, Conner Betts killed 9 and wounded 27 others. Authorities do not know yet why Betts carried out this slaughter.